The 268–0 Ma Odonata display begins with the earliest fossil recognized as a modern odonate, Saxonagrion minutus, rather than inheriting the older Odonatoptera edge.
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References / paperSaxonagrion minutus nov. gen. et sp., the oldest damselfly from the Upper Permian of France (Odonatoptera, Panodonata, Saxonagrionidae nov. fam.)
Nel, A.; Fleck, G.; Béthoux, O.; Gand, G.; Lapeyrie, J.; Garric, J.
Year1999
Source roleprimary-study
DOI / ID10.1016/S0016-6995(99)80870-5
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taxonomy · range · morphology · biogeography
Primary description of Saxonagrion minutus from the Upper Permian Salagou Formation in the Lodève Basin, France; it attributes the fossil to Panodonata from preserved wing venation.
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Saxonagrion minutus was described from the Upper Permian Salagou Formation in the Lodève Basin, France, while the modern genomic sample covers 136 species in 46 families; neither record supplies a complete Odonata distribution.
claim:taxon:odonata:biogeographyThe primary fossil description attributes Saxonagrion minutus to Panodonata from preserved wing venation; the observation concerns that Upper Permian fossil and is not a diagnostic body plan for all Odonata.
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